Alfa-Capital Analyst Alexander Dzhioev, in an interview with the Prime agency, spoke about the conditions under which the ruble can strengthen to 60 per dollar.

According to him, the strengthening of the Russian currency depends on such factors as the geopolitical background, the policy of the US Federal Reserve System (FRS), the purchase of foreign currency by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

According to the financier, in order to strengthen the ruble to the level of 60 rubles per dollar, it is necessary that geopolitical tensions around Ukraine, and with it the threat of anti-Russian sanctions, come to naught. He also pointed out that it is necessary to maintain the Fed's key rate at the current level, and the cost of oil should exceed $100 per barrel.

“Without this, we should expect the exchange rate to stabilize in the range of 72-75 rubles per dollar by the end of the year. If all three factors play a plus to the Russian ruble, for example, the US Federal Reserve does not raise the rate at the end of March, geopolitical tensions ease, and the CBR purchases of foreign currency are extremely restrained, then the ruble can strengthen much more,” the expert said.

Earlier, analysts from The Economist magazine, based on the Big Mac Index, calculated that the ruble was undervalued against the dollar. To equalize the prices of a Big Mac in the US and Russia, you need to appreciate the ruble against the dollar by 70%. Thus, in order to equalize the prices for a dish in these countries, the dollar should cost 23.24 rubles.

Before that, it became known that the Russian Federation would completely change the structure of investing funds from the National Welfare Fund (NWF), leaving the dollar and adding gold.

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